The nervous system

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The nervous system is divided into two parts, name these parts...
central nervous system and peripheral nervous system
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What is the function of a reflex response?
rapid, involuntary, protective
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What is a stimulus?
A detectable change in the environment
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What does the sensory neurone do?
It carries an electrical impulse from the receptor to the central nervous system
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What does the relay neurone do?
It connects to sensory and motor neurone
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What does the motor neurone do?
It carries the electrical impulse from the central nervous system to the effector
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Name two examples of an effector..
Glands and muscle
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Why is white matter white and grey matter grey?
White matter is white because it contains the lipid myelin and grey matter is grey because it contains cell bodies
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What is the difference in function between an axon and a dendrite?
Dendrites carry nerve impulses to the cell body and axons carry nerve impulses away from the cell body
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